CMD++ Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   PuTTY

    1450 likes

   Free and open-source terminal emulator for connecting to remote systems via SSH, Telnet, and SCP. Portable with no installation required, providing lightweight functionality. Ideal for secure connections with features like command line support and customizable settings. Works offline effortlessly.

   114 PuTTY alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • United Kingdom

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • PortableApps.com
   • ReactOS
   • Flathub

   

   

   

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   • PuTTY is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to CMD++.

   • PuTTY is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to CMD++.

   • PuTTY is Free and Open SourceCMD++ is also Free and Open Source
   • PuTTY is LightweightCMD++ is not according to our users
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   PowerShell

    200 likes

   PowerShell (including Windows PowerShell and PowerShell Core) is a task automation and configuration management framework from Microsoft, consisting of a command-line shell and associated scripting language built on the .NET Framework.

   68 PowerShell alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Shell

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Snapcraft

   

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   • PowerShell is the most popular Mac alternative to CMD++.

   • PowerShell is Free and Open SourceCMD++ is also Free and Open Source
   • PowerShell is LightweightCMD++ is not according to our users
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   Windows Terminal

    93 likes

   Windows Terminal is a new, modern, feature-rich, productive terminal application for command-line users. It includes many of the features most frequently requested by the Windows command-line community including support for tabs, rich text, globalization, configurability...

   103 Windows Terminal alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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   Cmder

    241 likes

   Cmder is an open-source replacement for the Windows command-line. It relies on ConEmu , extending it with the power of clink and some great looking defaults including a Monokai color scheme and custom prompt...

   40 Cmder alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • Shell

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows
   • clink
   • ConEmu
   • Windows Command Prompt
   • PowerShell

   

   

   

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   ConEmu

    386 likes

   Windows console emulator with tabs, which presents multiple consoles and simple GUI applications as one customizable GUI window with various features.

   62 ConEmu alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Terminal Emulator

   Origin

   • Ukraine

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

   

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   KiTTY

    189 likes

   KiTTY is an opensource terminal emulator, forked from PuTTY , that adds many extra features to the original software.

   99 KiTTY alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • SSH Client

   Origin

   • France
   • EU

   Alerts

   • Discontinued

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

   

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9. 

   

   Windows Command Prompt

    60 likes

   Command Prompt, also known as cmd.exe or cmd (after its executable file name), is the command-line interpreter on Windows NT, Windows CE, OS/2 and eComStation operating systems. It is the counterpart of COMMAND.

   42 Windows Command Prompt alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Proprietary

   Application types

   • Terminal Emulator
   • Shell

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Windows

   

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    clink

     60 likes

    Clink enhances your productivity in Microsoft Windows' "cmd.exe". If you're familiar with Bash then you will be familiar with the changes that clink brings to "cmd.exe" (it uses the same 'Readline' library that Bash uses). It is a small utility.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Shell

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    MSYS2

     47 likes

    MSYS2 is an independent rewrite of MSYS, based on modern Cygwin (POSIX compatibility layer) and MinGW-w64 with the aim of better interoperability with native Windows software.

    18 MSYS2 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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    JuiceSSH

     33 likes

    The all in one terminal client for Android including SSH, Local Shell, Mosh and Telnet support.

    107 JuiceSSH alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    • Terminal Emulator
    • SSH Client

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • mosh
    • OpenSSH

    

    

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    • JuiceSSH is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to CMD++.

    • JuiceSSH is Free and ProprietaryCMD++ is Free and Open Source
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    Console

     97 likes

    Console is a Windows console window enhancement. Console features include: multiple tabs, text editor-like text selection, different background types, alpha and color-key transparency, configurable font, different window styles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Shell

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • PortableApps.com

    

    

    

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    mintty

     40 likes

    Mintty is a terminal emulator for Cygwin that is based on code from PuTTY 0.60 by Simon Tatham and team.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Terminal Emulator

    Origin

    • United Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    

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